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A review by harureads
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
Humanising while simultaneously creating caricatures of the people from the lowest rungs of society in a fictional autobiography is why Orwell's writing is so fine and graceful.
I highly recommend reading this book at least once to not just to remind yourself that poor folks are also human and deserve postive treatment and non-hostile policies (all the same debates we have now on minimum wage and homelessness) you but also to see all the behind-the-scenes of hotels and restaurants which has made me averse to eating out for now, and how people who only work to work will not care about you.
I highly recommend reading this book at least once to not just to remind yourself that poor folks are also human and deserve postive treatment and non-hostile policies (all the same debates we have now on minimum wage and homelessness) you but also to see all the behind-the-scenes of hotels and restaurants which has made me averse to eating out for now, and how people who only work to work will not care about you.